Dr. Christopher Coad - MD, FACS

Specialties:

Ophthalmologist

Refractive Surgeon

Department:

Ophthalmology

Job Title:

Associate Attending

Professional Statement:

Dr. Coad is a graduate of the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and interned at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center in New York City. He completed his postgraduate training in Ophthalmology at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in New York City. Dr. Coad completed
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his fellowship training in international ophthalmology with ORBIS, the only international flying eye institute. ORBIS is based on board a jet fully equipped with examination rooms and operating facilities.

Dr. Coad is Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S.). He is on staff at St. Vincent's Hospital and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. He continues to travel the world exchanging ophthalmic skills as a member of the ORBIS team and lectures throughout the United States on the treatment of CMV Retinitis.

Dr. Coad has been certified to perform several types of laser procedures including the VISX & Summit lasers for correction of nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. In addition to the thousands of ophthalmic surgeries and laser procedures he has performed on patients, he has performed laser vision correction on his associate, Dr. Eviatar.